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Heirloom rice in Ifugao: an âanti-commodityâ in the process of commodification
We analyse the marketing of âheirloom ricesâ produced in the Cordillera mountains of northern Luzon, the Philippines, as the commodification of a historical âanti-commodityâ. We contend that, historically, rice was produced for social, cultural and spiritual purposes but not primarily for sale or trade. The Ifugaos were able to sustain terraced wet-rice cultivation within a system of âescape agricultureâ because they were protected from Spanish interference by the friction of terrain and distance. âHeirloom riceâ is a boundary concept that enables social entrepreneurs to commodify traditional landraces. We analyse the implications for local rice production and conservation efforts.Templeton Foundatio
Labour and landscapes: the political economy of landesque capital in nineteenth century tanganyika
Multi-agent system process control ontology
An optimal energy infrastructure is essential for adequate indoor comfort. In the design process of energy infrastructures there is no shared understanding (i.e. an ontology) of the design activities to come to an integral design of building and comfort systems.The purpose of this paper is to achieve an understanding of design activities in the context of designing architecture for Multi agents to optimize process control of the energy infrastructure of a building in relation to its surroundings.This paper presents a perspective of ontology of design activities in the Flexergy project based on the shared understanding by professionals of what each specific design activity entails. The Flexergy project aims to develop a multi-agent concept for innovative process control of a Flex(ible en)ergy infrastructure for buildings in relation to their environment and their internal processes